Richard Romig:  

Life In 1973 I left home and joined the circus. I retired from the Air Force in 1993, settled in Dayton, and went back to school. Married with two grown boys, three adorable grandsons, and a beautiful granddaughter. Currently working as a contract computer service tech for a hospital in Dayton, OH. My main hobby is genealogy so I make my way back on research trips several times a year. You'll most likely find me in a library, a county courthouse (Lake, Ashtabula, or Geauga), or a cemetery. My other pastime is home improvement. It seems like there's always something that needs to be done in either my house or the kids'. Other major interests are yoga and naturism. You know, that was rather sketchy, wasn't it? I guess I can fill in some of the blanks. I met my wife in the Philippines. We were married in a bar by a local judge. My boys were both born in San Antonio, Texas. I currently live in Dayton, Ohio. Not much else to tell, really. I'm very interested in hearing from my former classmates from Riverside and friends from my military service. School Looking back on high school, I was a nerd, no doubt about it. What I enjoyed most was photography -- my camera was my hall pass. Half the time I didn't even have film in it. In fact, in my senior year, I worked out my schedule to have as many study halls as possible, just to get permanent passes out of them to lurk in the darkroom. I don't think I had any official status as a staff member on the yearbook or school paper but I contributed plenty. I remember coasting through most of my classes, rarely putting forth any more effort than necessary. There are a few teachers I remember fondly like Mr. Carter, Mr. Buck, Senora Braden, and Glenn Dawson. There are others but I can't remember their names any more. No, I never had the honor of being in Mr. Shaner's English class. If I had to do it all over again, would I? Probably not. But if I did, I think I'd try to achieve my potential because not putting forth the effort then has affected me to this very day. College Started out full time on my GI Bill and as time went on, the realities of life forced me to reduce my class load and work more. Finally, it got to the point where I couldn't even remember if I'd taken the prerequisites, the core classes didn't seem relevant, and I just didn't enjoy it anymore. They somehow killed something I had loved. Ended up going to a junior college and getting an Associates Degree along with a handful of technical certifications. Workplace Yeah, I've had a few jobs. During the summers while in school, I baled hay and shoveled cow manure. Not a glamorous vocation but it kept me in gas money. I worked as "the" roofer in a pre-fab housing factory in Fairport for a short while. After a minor accident on the job where I had to drive myself to the ER for a tetanus shot, I decided to give the Air Force a try for a few years. A few years turned into 20, then I "retired" and faced the prospect of having to work for a living. I started out part-time building and repairing PCs while I went to school full time. That scenario gradually reversed itself. Fiver years later I left that job and wrote code for a defense contractor for a few months until the program lost its funding. I worked sporadically as a contractor for a few months until I landed a contract with a robotics company. After 6 months as a contractor, they decided to hire me. I worked there for 9 years. After that it was unempl...Expand for more